Social media allows us to connect to our friends, stay in touch with our families, make new connections based on shared interests, and… presents a never-ending stream of people who are better looking, prettier, fitter, more successful, on a beach, with six-pack abs and a cute new puppy.
It can be hard to nurture a healthy sense of self-acceptance in the face of all the aspirational images social media has to offer. At the same time, cultivating a sense of self-acceptance — accepting yourself just as you are, warts and all — offers a healthy way to deal with the pressures of social media. Self-acceptance helps to free you from worry about what others think and makes you more confident in living life on your own terms.
So, how do you maintain or develop self-acceptance amidst the noise of social media?
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